CGS 3065 Exam 1 Questions
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What are the different kinds of constraints according to Lessig? Correct Answer:
legal, norms, market, architecture (technology)
What is generativity? Correct Answer: a system's capacity to produce
unanticipated change through unfiltered contributions from broad and varied
audiences
What are the features of a generative system? Correct Answer: (1) how
extensively a system or technology leverages a set of possible tasks; (2) how well
it can be adapted to a range of tasks; (3) how easily new contributors can master it;
(4) how accessible it is to those ready and able to build on it; and (5) how
transferable any changes are to others - including (and perhaps especially)
nonexperts.
What are affordances? Correct Answer: The particular properties or characteristics
of an environment that make possible - and, in some cases, are used to encourage -
certain types of practices
What are the four affordances created by social media? Correct Answer: 1.
persistence: the durability of online expressions and content
2. visibility: the potential audience who can bear witness
3. spreadability: the ease with which content can be shared
4. searchability: the ability to find content.
What is "vagueness" and "overbreadth?" Correct Answer: Basically, anything that
makes it potentially restricts constitutionally-protected language as well as
unprotected
What are the different theories of the purpose behind the First Amendment & their
proponents? Correct Answer: Marketplace of Ideas - Milton & Mill,
Marketplace Critics - Baron & Mackinnon,
Fourth Estate - Blasi,
Safety Valve - Emerson,
Self-Fulfilment - Tribe
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What are the different kinds of constraints according to Lessig? Correct Answer:
legal, norms, market, architecture (technology)
What is generativity? Correct Answer: a system's capacity to produce
unanticipated change through unfiltered contributions from broad and varied
audiences
What are the features of a generative system? Correct Answer: (1) how
extensively a system or technology leverages a set of possible tasks; (2) how well
it can be adapted to a range of tasks; (3) how easily new contributors can master it;
(4) how accessible it is to those ready and able to build on it; and (5) how
transferable any changes are to others - including (and perhaps especially)
nonexperts.
What are affordances? Correct Answer: The particular properties or characteristics
of an environment that make possible - and, in some cases, are used to encourage -
certain types of practices
What are the four affordances created by social media? Correct Answer: 1.
persistence: the durability of online expressions and content
2. visibility: the potential audience who can bear witness
3. spreadability: the ease with which content can be shared
4. searchability: the ability to find content.
What is "vagueness" and "overbreadth?" Correct Answer: Basically, anything that
makes it potentially restricts constitutionally-protected language as well as
unprotected
What are the different theories of the purpose behind the First Amendment & their
proponents? Correct Answer: Marketplace of Ideas - Milton & Mill,
Marketplace Critics - Baron & Mackinnon,
Fourth Estate - Blasi,
Safety Valve - Emerson,
Self-Fulfilment - Tribe
